OJJDP FY24 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program– Invited to Apply | O OJJDP 2024 172256

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The OJJDP FY24 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force National Training Program (Invited to Apply) is a continuation funding opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) intended to strengthen the nationwide ICAC task force network through specialized training. The core purpose is to help organizations design and deliver practical, role-specific instruction that improves how ICAC partners prevent, investigate, and prosecute technology-facilitated crimes against children, with a strong focus on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and online child exploitation. The training supported under this program is meant to serve the broader ICAC ecosystem, including law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, digital forensic examiners, and other agencies or organizations that play operational or support roles in these cases.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means OJJDP expects an active partnership role during the project period rather than simply issuing funds and receiving reports. The opportunity is categorized as a continuation, indicating it is designed to sustain and build on existing training capacity and established providers rather than launching a brand-new competitive program. The funding activity area is listed under law, justice, and legal services, and the assistance listing (CFDA) is 16.543, which corresponds to ICAC-related federal support.

This opportunity is explicitly "invited to apply" and references a set of named organizations associated with delivering national-level ICAC training: Fox Valley Technical College, SEARCH, NW3C, Zero Abuse Project, and the Innocent Justice Foundation. That framing signals a targeted solicitation intended for these or similarly positioned entities that already have recognized infrastructure, curricula, and national reach within the ICAC training landscape. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," but the invited-to-apply designation typically limits practical applicability to the invited entities and aligns with the continuation nature of the award.

In terms of scale, the award ceiling is $1,500,000, and OJJDP anticipates making up to 6 awards. This suggests multiple training providers may be funded in parallel to cover different training tracks, disciplines, or delivery methods across the ICAC network. The application closing date is September 18, 2024, and the opportunity was created on September 11, 2024, indicating a relatively tight turnaround consistent with a continuation or invited application process.

Overall, the grant is geared toward maintaining and enhancing national training capacity for professionals working ICAC cases, improving consistency and quality in investigations and prosecutions, and ensuring personnel across jurisdictions have up-to-date skills for handling CSAM and online exploitation matters, including the digital and legal complexities these cases routinely involve.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program– Invited to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-09-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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